Vermont’s policymakers have known for years that as more people opt to buy electric vehicles, the money the state brings in from its gasoline tax will decline significantly.That’s led to a conundrum: Officials want to replace that cash which pays.
The Legislature’s omnibus transportation bill tasks the state Agency of Transportation with using federal dollars to set up a mileage-based system by July 2025.
The proposal would allow voters who are ill, injured, disabled, members of the military or Vermonters living overseas to return their ballots through an online cloud.
The HOME bill would effectively ban single-family zoning, allowing duplexes anywhere that currently only permits single-family homes. In areas served by water and sewer, tri- and four-plexes would also be allowed, and municipalities would also need to allow at least five units to be built per acre.